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Slight Shift in Plans: Down, Down to Drow Town
Over the extended Christmas break we got to play quite a lot of D&D5. My son, when not playing or running games for his cousins, also spent some time updating our Order of the Platinum Dragon...
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This Could Be Hobbit Forming!
I have been waiting years to use that title.So an interesting thing happened yesterday. There were not two, not three but four "Tolkien and D&D" posts made to the blogs I read all within hours of...
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This Old Dragon: Issue #95
Ok, this really is less of a cheat than it might appear. This issue was actually third on my list for this week, it gets promoted due to one article that I'll mention in a bit. For now, it is March...
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This Could Be Hobbit Forming, Part 2
Note: Part 1 is here and more discussion is here.Well I have one kid down sick and another I had to rush to the ER because he cut off the tip of his finger. (Both kids will be fine). But that, of...
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More Game Prep (Come Endless Darkness)
Not much to discuss today. I have a HUGE project deadline at the end of the month so can't dedicate too much time here. No worries, it will pay off!In the meantime, I got some more material for my...
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This Old Dragon: Issue #149
Grabbing the next issue of the top I see we are moving to the end of the 80s. September 1989 I was in my Junior year at University. I was not playing a lot, though I did have an occasional game...
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Kickstart Your Weekend: Castles & Crusades Monsters & Treasures
This one is probably my fault.So earlier this week I was organizing my notes and books for my "Secret Castles & Crusades" project (coming to you soon). And I was working through all my monsters....
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The Kids Are Alright, 2018
So. I got into it with one of the luminaries of the original RPG scene. I am not going into any details (no need) save that I was a little more caustic than I should have been and I obviously hit a...
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Wayward Sisters: I am the Fire
Supernatural is back with its midseason premiere,that is really a back-door pilot to the new Wayward Sisters spin-off.Jodie, Donna, Clare, Alex, and PatienceCurrently, the episode is one of the highest...
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Witch & Witchcraft Reading Challenge: The Simbul's Gift
I am doing the Witch & Witchcraft Reading Challenge again this year, hosted by Melissa’s Eclectic Bookshelf. This year I also want to focus on the Forgotten Realms, so I am going to combine my...
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This Old Dragon: Issue #92
We are nearing the end of the mythic year 1984 where we had been warned that Big Brother is Watching You. Fast forward 34 years people ask why no one is watching them on YouTube, Instagram, Snapchat...
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Weekend Gaming: Descent!
Sumer of 1982 I was in Jr. High. My good friend Jon Cook was our regular DM only by dint he had been playing longer than my 2 and half years and he owned most of the hardcover books. He also owned a...
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D&D Rules Cyclopedia in Print again
The D&D Rules Cyclopedia often called the best one-volume D&D book there is, is now "back" in print. Or at least Print on Demand.This game covers the BECM of BECMI which is really what most...
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This Old Dragon: Issue #177
Ok. I will freely admit that this one was third on my stack of Dragons. But in my defense, the first one was a duplicate of one I had done back in December and the second one just was not grabbing my...
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The Joy of Basic D&D & Magic School
It is no secret that I am a huge fan of ALL editions of D&D. I have played them all, and all to a significant degree. But my start, and in many ways, my true love is Basic D&D. B/X flavor in...
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New Witch Tradition: The Sisters of the Chalice and the Moon
In Wormskin 8 +Gavin Norman details the Witches of the Dolmenwood (introduced in Wormskin #7). They are the inheritors of a strange magic that goes to the very essence of the Wood’s history and...
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D&D Rules Cyclopedia Unboxing and Pre-review
I wasn't going to post today. Really busy at work. But this really could not wait.I got my Dungeons & Dragons Rules Cyclopedia in the mail today and wanted to check it out.I could not decide if I...
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Magic School: Going Back to Glantri
Curse my gamemastering ADHD!So despite the fact that I have not one, not two, but THREE D&D 5th Edition games going, I was working out some details of my Magic School game using the D&D Rules...
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Weekend Gaming: Treasure Hunters Crawl to the Forbidden City
This weekend we spent an inordinate amount of time cleaning my game room this weekend. It needed to be done,. plus I needed to sort my minis too.Once that was done we had a couple of hours to play.The...
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